April 13 in History

Historical Events on April 13

1777 American Revolutionary War: American forces are ambushed and defeated in the Battle of Bound Brook, New Jersey.

1861 American Civil War: Fort Sumter surrenders to Confederate forces.

1865 American Civil War: Raleigh, North Carolina is occupied by Union Forces.

1943 World War II: The discovery of mass graves of Polish prisoners of war killed by Soviet forces in the Katyń Forest Massacre is announced, causing a diplomatic rift between the Polish government-in-exile in London from the Soviet Union, which denies responsibility.

1945 World War II: German troops kill more than 1,000 political and military prisoners in Gardelegen, Germany.

1945 World War II: Soviet and Bulgarian forces capture Vienna.

1953 CIA director Allen Dulles launches the mind-control program Project MKUltra.

1972 Vietnam War: The Battle of An Lộc begins.

1997 Tiger Woods becomes the youngest golfer to win the Masters Tournament.

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Famous Birthdays on April 13

1743 Thomas Jefferson

1922 Julius Nyerere

1949 Christopher Hitchens

1963 Garry Kasparov

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Famous Deaths on April 13

1882 Bruno Bauer

1890 Samuel J. Randall

1954 Angus Lewis Macdonald

2008 John Archibald Wheeler

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